Deuteronomy 22:18

22:18 The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish ¹  him.

Deuteronomy 19:12

19:12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger ²  to die.

Deuteronomy 21:3

21:3 Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse ³  must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked – that has never pulled with the yoke –

[22:18]  ¹ tn Heb “discipline.”

[19:12]  ² tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (go’el haddam, “avenger of blood”) would ordinarily be a member of the victim’s family who, after due process of law, was invited to initiate the process of execution (cf. Num 35:16-28). See R. Hubbard, NIDOTTE 1:789-94.

[21:3]  ³ tn Heb “slain [one].”